Attachment device for handbag handle or the like



D. l. REITER April 11, 1961 ATTACHMENT DEVICE FOR HANDBAG HANDLE OR THE LIKE Filed June 16, 1959 IN V EN TOR.

DANI EL REITER Sfia m'r'o and Ska 051 0 A TTORNE YS United States Patent ATTACHMENT DEVICE FOR HANDBAG HANDLE OR THE LIKE Daniel I. Reiter, 11 E. 31st St., New York 16, NY.

Filed June 16, 1959, Ser. No. 820,771

3 Claims. (Cl. 24-265) This invention relates to a device for attaching a handle to a handbag, and more particularly to a device which greatly increases the reliability of such attachment.

One type of handbag handle employed heretofore isformed of rubber or similar flexible material and has a pair of longitudinal passages. Such handles may be attached to the associated handbag proper by employing a device having projections which are inserted in the passages. this purpose have not had the desired reliability, and it is not uncommon for the attachment to give way, particularly after hard or protracted use.

It is accordingly a principal object of the invention to provide an improved attachment deviceof the foregoing In the mass production of ladies handbags, the cost of the handle fastening must be kept to a minimum if a mass market is to be reached and if competition is to be met. It has accordingly been the practice in the art to employ devices of extreme simplicity for providing the desired handle attachment. It is a principal object of the invention to provide a handle attachment device which meets the criteria of simplicity and economy and yet affords the desired reliability.

The foregoing and other objects, features, and advantages of the invention, and the manner in which the same are accomplished will become more readily apparent upon consideration of the following detailed description of the invention taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, which illustrates a preferred and exemplary embodiment of the invention, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a truncated perspective view illustrating the manner in which the invention may be employed for the attachment of a handle to a handbag;

Figure 2 is a perspective View illustrating the attachment device per se of the invention;

Figure 3 is a partly sectional elevation view illustrating the manner in which the device of the invention engages the handle; and

Figure 4 is another partly sectional elevation view, orthogonal to the view of Figure 3, illustrating further the manner in which the device of the invention and the handle are joined.

Briefly stated, the invention comprises an attachment device formed from a single sheet of stiff material having a body portion of generally rectangular configuration and a pair of substantially parallel elongated extensions at one end thereof. The extensions are provided with free extremities in the form of arrow-heads, and the tips of the extremities are bent substantially perpendicular to the remainder of the extensions. When the extensions'are inserted in corresponding passages of a handle, the respective vertices of the arrow-heads engage different portions.

However, the devices employed heretofore for- Referring to the drawings, in Figure '1 reference numeral 10 designates a lady"s handbag of conventional construction, and in the form shown the handbag has a frame 12 along its upper extremity. Attached to the frame, as by welding, is a metal ring 14, of rectangular configuration in the form shown. A handle 16 is attached material, such as a suitable metal, and has a flat main body portion 24 of generally rectangular configuration and a pair of extensions 26 at one end of the main body portion. The extensions are elongated and substantially parallel and at their free'extremities are provided with "arrow-heads 28. The tips of the arrow-heads are bent over'so asvto be substantially perpendicular to the remainder of the extensions 26. The leading vertices 32 of the arrow-heads lthus lie-in a different plane from the trailing vertices 34L latter are distended somewhat. When the extensions are substantially fully inserted, the relationship of the attachment device and the handle is as shown in Figures 3 and 4. As shown in Figure 3, the trailing vertices 34 engage and bite into the walls of the passages 20 in the' plane of the extensions 26, andas shown in Fi'gure'4, the lead drawal of the extensions 26 from the passages.

ing vertices 32 engage and bite into the side walls of thepassages 20 in anorthogonal plane. Each arrow-head thus is forced into the side wall of its corresponding passage at three separate locations.

To secure the attachment device to the ring 14 of Figure l, the body portion 24 may simply be bent back upon itself and upon the handle 16 to form a loop around thering as shown. For the sake of appearance, the handle may be provided with a suitable covering, such as leather, and an elongated strip of the covering material may be wrapped about. the handle so that its longitudinal edges are inserted within the groove 22. A terminal portion of the covering may be wrapped about the exposed portion of the attachment device 18.

Alternative modes of securing the device 18 to a handbag or the like may be used. For example, for a soft handbag having no frame along its upper extremity, the

With the construction described above, the handle is securely attached to the handbag. If the handle is pulled, the vertices of the arrow-heads tend to bite more deeply into the walls of the passages 20 and prevent with- The salient feature of the invention is the bent tip of the arrow-heads, for if the arrow-heads were simply flat,

so that the leading vertices 32 did not engage the wallsof the passages 20,the forces exerted on' the handle and the attachment device inthe course of protracted of the walls of the passages and prevent withdrawal of 1 The body portionuse' of the hand-bag would tend to cause the sharp trail- .ing vertices 34 of the arrow-heads to. cut groovesin the iv walls of the passages 20, and eventually, the extensions 1 26 would pull out of the passages; 20. However, be;

Patented Apr. 11, 1961 cause the tips 30 of the arrow-heads provide relatively wide surfaces in a plane transverse to the length of the passages, such failure of the; attachment device is prevented. I I i The.- invention thus "provides thedesired. permanenceof attachment without requiring an. attachment device which is economically impractical. The. attachment devicesofi the invention may be-formed by. conventional stamping operations from inexpensivemetal stock, and no special.

materials or manufacturing processesare required. Moreover, the device of the invention is readily capable of mass production .in largequantity and is. easily assembled with its associated handbagl handle While a preferred embodiment of the invention has been. shown and-described, it-will be apparent-to those skilled in the art that changes can be made in this embodiment without departing from the principles andspiritof the invention, the scope of which is defined in .the appended claims. Accordingly,-,the foregoingembodiment is to beconsidered illustrative, rather than restrictive-of the invention, and those modifications which come withinthe meaning and range of equivalency of the, claims are to.

be included therein.

The invention claimed is:

1. An attachment device for a handbag handle or the...

like, said device. being formed from a single sheet of stiff material having a main-body portionfof. generally rectangular configuration and a pair oflsubstantially parallel elongatedextensions at one end of.-said body portion, said extensions lying side-by-side in a common plane, and saidextensions having arrow-heads-at their respective free extremities, the tips of'said arrow-heads being,

substantially perpendicular to .the remainder of said extensions, whereby said extensions maybe inserted with! in passages in the handle so that thejtips and trailing verticesof said arrow-heads may engage different portions of 'the walls of said passages. v i

2 An attachment device for a handbag handle having a pair of substantially parallel longitudinal passages.

formed therein,. said attachment device being-formed from a single sheet of stilf material having a main body portion of generally rectangular configuration and a pair of substantially parallel elongated extensions at one end of said body portion having arrow-heads at their respective free extremities, the tips of said arrow-heads being substantially perpendicular to the remainder of said extensions, whereby said extensionsmay be inserted within passages in the handle so that the tips and trailing vertices of i said arrow-heads may; engage; dift'erentportions'of the walls of said passages, thewidth of the said extensions being greater than the width 0f .;the said passages whereby the latter are distended slightlyas the extensions are inserted. V

3. An attachment devicetm thehandle of a handbag or the like of the type having longitudinal passages, said device having a body portion adapted to be secured to the handbag and at least one elongated extension from i said. body portion,: Said extension having, a ipointed tip bent-:out-ofthe plane,;of the. remainder ofthe extension, said. tip; being partof an. arrowhead on said' extension-with the bend vof said extension being between said pointed tip and the trailing vertices of'said arrowhead,

'thetrailing vertices of "said arrowhead engaging the wall oi said passage-at locationsdisplaced:from the location of engagement of said-, tip, whereby when said extension is inserted in .a passage. of the'handle said'tip engages the p assage wall of 1 the passage; and prevents said exten siomfrom being withdrawnirom, the handle.

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